Eskom’s reputational platform is burning

Arguably one of the most telling statements made at this week’s Eskom results presentation was the public assurance given by interim CEO Johnny Dladla that “no decision would, in future, be taken outside the executive committee meetings. “Whatever decision is taken, it will be a decision that is documented and we have applied our minds to it. There will be no decisions that are taken in some corners, or by individuals, without having been debated and decided on by the executive committee.” What can be read into this statement is that, hitherto, certain individuals were indeed making decisions in “some corners”, which were neither debated nor documented by the executive committee, which has arguably allowed a certain predatory elite to turn Eskom into their own piggybank, leaving the 94-year-old organisation’s reputation in tatters.